European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 6, 1993 Somalia the stars and stripes Page 9 by Gary Pomeroy staff writer _ when Dorothee Johnson arrives in Somalia this week service members in Mogadishu will be Able to View videos and a just hang out it the first Uso facility in the Region located in the City a Airport. Quot we re hoping to accomplish some sort of a Center where people can get out of the heat a Little bit a said Johnson the Usova regional executive for Europe and the Middle East. Quot if we can make it coid a Cal be  Johnson was to Fly to Somalia from Ramstein and Germany to determine what the Uso can offer . Troops there. She is taking two 29-Inch color televisions donated by Panasonic two pairs of speakers donated by Bose two Vars bought by the Uso and 60 video movies donated by cafes. The usos director in Israel Gilla Gurzon has been in Somalia since dec. 23, arranging for the Center to be set up. The organization plans to operate the facility with staffers from other locations who will serve monthlong stints. Additional services the Center Hopes to offer Are being planned. Quot eventually we Hope to Hook up with somebody,.open soon in whether it be at amp to or whoever to come up with some sort of communications whether it be phone Calls or faxes Johnson said. That Issue is being considered at the defense department Johnson said. In the meantime the Uso is looking for Ham radio operators in Europe willing to work with the military affiliate radio system or Mars to Johnson get messages Home. Other projects include celebrity visits the usos signature contribution to deployed troops. Malcolm Jamal Warner of the Cosby show was scheduled to go to the Region around Christmas but that visit was postponed when president Bush announced his trip there. Warner still May visit the troops Johnson said. Upon her return to Germany next week Johnson will report to Uso officials in Washington. She also said a Tyso facility is being considered for Mombasa Kenya. Johnson plans to work with military officials to establish a delivery pipeline so that Sicin donated items As insect Spray skin lotion and soft drinks reach troops. A we would love to get on the air right now and solicit such donations Johnson said. But with limited cargo space on military flights afraid that they can t take that much of an a a we re icy onslaught yet a she said. A a that a one of the things i m going Down there to determine can we Start getting donations Quot a spokeswoman for the . Air forces in Europe said the command is willing to assist the Uso whenever possible. A and Well be available to assist them with airlifting donations to troops in Somalia As Long As there is room on our aircraft and it does no to interfere with Mission priorities a said capt. Felecia Tavares. Meanwhile Johnson is Happy to open the doors on the first Center in Somalia. Its a Start a a having a to area where they can watch movies arid get away from it a Little bit a she said a and having a place to write letters and just kind of  clan rivalries hinder Aid Effort at wan Lawen Somalia a Welcome to Wally world a place where army lawyers match wits with somalian sultans were looters have become con men and where americans and somalis sort out the hazy rules for saving Somalia. / Wally world is what soldiers derisively Call wan Lawen a bustling town of battered Stone shacks and 45,000 people located 20 Miles from Beli Dogle an old soviet air base now occupied by . Troops. The two locations Are Polar opposites struggling to co exist one a Viper s nest of rival clans extortionists and Crooks the other a main staging ground for . Army attack helicopters and infantrymen in the 1983 comedy film National Lam Ethiopia Belet Huen Poon s vacation Star Chevy Chase takes Nis family on a Cross country drive to the Wally world theme Park Only to find it wan Lawen a of Niles 200 pm Indian Ocean closed. Wally is the bullwinkle like Moose who gives the Park its name. In Somalia a Wally world capt. John Bickers an army trial lawyer and prosecutor tries to use Legal finesse and the implied threat of Force to get cooperation from a quilt work of clan leaders and Village elders. The clan leaders used to skimming scamming and looting a Cut of International food Aid now use their Wiles on the military. A at the risk of offending the defense lawyers some of the somali elders in be had to Deal with Are better a said Bickers 29, of Shepherdsville by. A they want to get everything from the United states a he said. A an elder would be doing his Village a disservice  Beli Dogle about 60 Miles West of Mogadishu is one of eight staging areas seized by .-led troops to ensure the Safe delivery of Aid to the vast pockets of starvation banditry and clan warfare that have made Somalia one of the most miserable places on Earth. It is Home to about 3,000 .-led troops and a variety of helicopters and will soon be doubled in size by a multinational contingent of mostly moroccan troops. Strategically the base is becoming a key jumping off Point for rapid deployment troops. The 10th Mountain div Light from fort drum n.y., used Beli Dogle As a base to take four other cities. The army also Hopes to use the base maps amps As a Hub for humanitarian Relief to outlying villages where deprivation is far worse than the relatively Well fed residents of Wally world that has not been easy. Army person be got a Good taste of the confounding clan rivalries two weeks ago when they tried to hire local people to Clear the scorpion and spider infested Brush and trash at the base. Beli Dogle residents set up roadblocks to keep residents of wan Lawen from going to work. It turned out they were from rival clans soldiers then found out that there were two different clans in wan Lawen and that they had been dealing with the elders or sultans of one clan who were shutting out workers from the other. The army set up a meeting with All the Dan elders but bickering quickly turned to punching and brandishing weapons. Soldiers left and the jobs program was scrapped. On dec 30, members of one local clan stormed a red Cross food distribution Center that was being guarded by hired 1 guns from another clan. After filling their trucks the invading clan left the remainder of the Aid unguarded. The local populace converged on it and the red Cross called . Troops. . Army capt. Bob Stone 34, of Walnut Hill fla., said the incidents show just How complicated it is to maintain Security in Somalia. Service time an italian Mechanic works on a trans All one of the italian air Force transport aircraft lying out Mogadishu Somalia. The plane specializes in Short haul food Relief for people in the surrounding Countryside